2Chronicles:21

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* And Jehoshaphat lay with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the city of David . And his son Jehoram reigned in his place . * And he had brothers , the sons of Jehoshaphat : Azariah , and Jehiel , and Zechariah , and Azariah , and Michael , and Shephatiah ; all these were the sons of Jehoshaphat the king of Israel . * And their father gave to them many gifts of silver and gold , and of precious things , with fortified cities of Judah ; but he gave the kingdom to Jehoram , for he was the firstborn . * And Jehoram rose up over the kingdom of his father and made himself strong . And he killed all his brothers with the sword , and also of the leaders of Israel . * Jehoram was a son of thirty two years when he began to reign , and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years . * And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel , as did the house of Ahab , for a daughter of Ahab was his wife ; and he did the evil in the eyes of Jehovah . * And Jehovah was not willing to destroy the house of David , for the sake of the covenant that He made with David , and as He had spoken , to give a lamp to him and to his sons forever . * In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah , and made a king to reign over them . * And Jehoram passed over with his chiefs , and all the chariots with him ; and it happened that he rose up by night and struck the Edomites who were coming all around him ; and the commanders of the chariots . * And Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah to this day . Then Libnah revolted at that time from under his hand , because he had forsaken Jehovah , the God of his fathers . * Also , he had made high places in the mountains of Judah , and caused the people of Jerusalem to commit fornication , and led astray Judah . * And a writing came to him from Elijah the prophet , saying , So says Jehovah , the God of your father David , Because you have not walked in the ways of your father Jehoshaphat , and in the ways of Asa the king of Judah , * and you walk in the way of the kings of Israel , and caused Judah and the people of Jerusalem to commit fornication like the fornications of the house of Ahab ; and also you have killed your brothers , the house of your father , who were better than yourself ; * behold , Jehovah shall strike with a great destruction among your people , and among your sons , and among your wives , and among all your goods ; * and you , with many sicknesses , with disease in your bowels , until your bowels come out because of the sickness , day by day . * And Jehovah awakened the spirit of the Philistines against Jehoram , and of the Arabians who were beside the Ethiopians ; * and they came up into Judah and broke into it , and captured all the substance that was found at the king 's house , and also his sons , and his wives ; and there was not left to him a son except Jehoahaz the youngest of his sons . * And after this , Jehovah plagued him in his bowels by disease for which there was no healing ; * and it happened , from days to days , and as the time went out , the end of two years of days , his bowels went out because of his sickness ; so he died of painful diseases . And his people made no burning for him , like the burning of his fathers . * He was a son of thirty two years when he began to reign , and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem ; and he left without being desired , and they buried him in the city of David , but not in the graves of the kings .

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